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Mr. G.E.H. Keillor, Marple Gas Dept.Written on the back of this photo found amongst some papers in Aberdeen is: 'This exclusive GAS TIMES picture is of Mr. G.E.H. Keillor, engineer & manager, Marple Gas Department, who formed the subject of a pen picture in a recent "Northern Commentary"'. Also hand written is N.C. Jan. 2/43 - presumably the date.
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Mrs Harriet Gaskin and daughter Maud at StrinesFour generations - Harriet and daughter Maud on Strines Road with grandmother and great-grandmother Mrs Greenhalgh and Mrs Bradshaw. They are just passing Plucksbridge Road in the direction of Marple (the house on the right is very recognisable) and Strines Printworks is to the left. From Marple Local History Society Archives.
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Mrs Harriet Gaskin and daughter Maud at the Jolly SailorAccording to the 1911 census the Gaskin family lived at Springfield Avenue, Union Road, Marple. Maud was 6 years old in 1911 and she looks close to that age in this image as they stroll past the Jolly Sailor at the junction of Stockport Rd and Station Rd. From Marple Local History Society Archives.
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Mrs Harriet Gaskin and family at Roman BridgeMrs Harriet Gaskin with daughter Maud, Mrs Bradshaw and Mrs Greenhalgh (mother and grandmother) on the Roma Bridge. One of the men in the foreground is Albert Gaskin but we don't know which. From Marple Local History Society Archives.
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Mrs Harriet Gaskin and family at Strines AqueductHarriet and Maud Gaskin are recognisable from the other photo - same hats - but we're not sure who the family members are in this image at Strines Aqueduct. Others living at Springfield Avenue in 1911 were: husband Albert Gaskin, age 27, her father Squire Greenhalgh, age 53, her mother Betsy Greenhalgh, age 50, and her grandmother Harriett Bradshaw, age 70. The building on the right of the Aqueduct is the Wharfinger's House, of which there is no trace today. From Marple Local History Society's Archives.
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Mrs Harriet Gaskin and family at the Toll HouseMrs Harriet Gaskin with Mrs Bradshaw and Mrs Greenhalgh (her mother and grandmother) descending from the Dan Bank Toll House towards Marple Brook - it's an unusual angle, they are going down the small road opposite Dooley Lane. From Marple Local History Society Archives.
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Mystery MenTwo mystery men from Marple?
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Nicholls, AlbertAlbert Nicholls, joiner and cabinet maker from Mellor. From Marple Local History Society Archives.
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Nicholls, AlbertAlbert Nicholls, joiner and cabinet maker from Mellor in 1938. From Marple Local History Society Archives.
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Nicholls, MrsMrs Nicholls of Mellor, from Marple Local History Society Archives.
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Noble brothers on Chapel FieldsThis photo was taken about 1949 outside our house no.16 Chapel Fields. We lived their from 1940 till 1955. In the picture are Ray Noble, Denis Noble and Valerie Ferns from no 14. Chapel Fields was demolished in 1958.
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Noble, Jim and Ray 1941A young Ray Noble in Memorial Park with his father Jim in 1941.
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